Named as Outstanding Educator by the Evening Student Council, University of Akron, for the teaching of Problems in Education, senior capstone foundations course.

Selected by the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio as Honored Faculty Member for commitment to the college teaching mission.

1984

Great Teacher Award, Mount Union College Alumni Association.

1972-75

PhD in Education, The Ohio State University, Graduate School, studies in Curriculum, Foundations of Education, and Political Theory. University Fellow. M.A., 1974. State of Ohio Provisional Teaching Certificate, Comprehensive Social Studies, History, Political Science, (7-12).

•Led the curriculum development of one of California’s most advanced four-year blended teacher education programs.

•Directed regional implementation of CalStateTEACH, a web-based, distributed learning, teacher education program based on the Open University (U.K.) model.

•Expanded enrollment and faculty ten percent per annum five years running to meet teacher shortages. Led NCATE/California reaccreditation.

•Member of the advancement team that successfully solicited a multimillion-dollar naming gift for the Kremen School of Education and Human Development and an endowed chair for Early Childhood Education.

Chairman of the Board, Moorhead Healthy Community Initiative. Created new program in Health Sciences Administration, led successful reaccreditations in education (NCATE), nursing, and social work. Launched field-based M.S. degree for teachers in curriculum and instruction.

1990-93

Dean and Professor, National College of Education and McGaw Graduate School of Education. National-Louis University, Evanston, IL, 165 FTE faculty, 250 undergraduate students, and 4100 graduate students in a variety of professional programs through the doctorate. In addition to four Chicago area campuses, academic centers in Tampa, Milwaukee-Beloit, McLean, VA, St. Louis, and DoDDS Germany.

•Increased African-American faculty contingent from zero to seven.

•Exceeded enrollment targets annually.

•Initiated Education Specialist program for master teachers.

Board member, Community Youth Creative Learning Experience; Chicago Center for School Improvement, an NCE collaboration with the Chicago Public Schools and the University of Chicago.

1987-90

Associate Dean and Professor, College of Education and Human Service Professions, Slippery Rock University, PA, 160 faculty and staff and 2300 (UG) and 450 (G) 7600 students. Responsibilities included work with staffing, budget, space, scheduling, program development, student academic appeals.

Assistant Director, Educational Research Center, College of Education, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Administration: aiding the establishment, organization, and daily operation of the R&D center. Research: designing school development projects; writing on international educational development; implementing and evaluating curricular reforms at K-12 and university levels.

International Consultant, SWRL (Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, Los Alamitos, CA) with respect to Asian-Mideast Programs. On-site liaison with the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf Arab States’ Educational Research Center (Kuwait), TEAM Associates/Arab Center for Social and Educational Development (Cairo), Ministry of Education, Philippines (Manila).

BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTERS, MONOGRAPHS

Forthcoming

“Jung and Post-postmodernism: Symbols for Education,” chapter in Jung and the Classroom: Education for Diversity and Meaning, New York: Routledge.

2015

“Philanthropy and Education Faculty: Renewing Engagement with Teachers and Schools,” chapter in Shaker, G. G., ed., Faculty Work and the Public Good, Teachers College Press.

Reclaiming Education for Democracy: Thinking Beyond No Child Left Behind, co-authored with Elizabeth Heilman, New York: Routledge. Winner of AERA’s Award for Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education.

Issues in Research and Development in the Developing Nation Context, monograph with M.A. Rasheed and A. el-Mahdi Abdel-Halim, Riyadh University Publications, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

1975

A Study of the Evolution of Consciousness: A Foundational Source for Education, dissertation, The Ohio State University.

“Outcomes Assessment Policy and the Quest for Student Preparedness,” paper published in the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education, Center for Assessment Research and Development, Knoxville, Tennessee.

1990

Specific Implementation Strategies for Gulf Arab StatesCurriculum Evaluation: Tests and Textbooks, with Kevin Cottingim, report published by the Gulf Arab States Educational Research Center, Kuwait.

1989

Educational Evaluation for Basic Education in Arab Gulf States, report published by the Gulf Arab States Educational Research Center, Kuwait.

Higher Education Efficiency and Productivity Through Assessment, with Kerry Moyer, prepared for Governor Robert P. Casey, Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

2018

“Perspectives on Public Education,” moderator, panel with BC’s Minister of Education, High Ground Conference, Columbia Institute, March 23, Vancouver

2017

“The Social Context of BC Public School Funding,” invited presentation, “How School Funding Matters,” Institute for Public Education forum, March 8, Vancouver.

2014

“A Teacher Education Appropriate for Early Childhood Development: Implications of North American Practice,” general session, international conference, Toward Sustainability in Early Childhood Development in the 21st Century, Amman, Jordan.

“The Fly-bottle Debate over Education,” four lectures on professionalism in education sponsored by the Coalition for Public Education, British Columbia.

2008

“Faculties of Education in Canada: Alternate Practices in Research, Accountability, and Teacher Education with Reactions from the United States,” symposium participant, American Educational Research Association, New York.

“The New Common Sense of Education: Advocacy Versus Authority in Education Policy,” speaker, American Association of School Administrators, Tampa, Florida.

2007

“Supporting New Scholars in Education to find Balance, Focus and Community” panelist, Canadian Society for the Study of Education. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.

Teacher Education Practice: The Practicum”, panelist, Canadian Society for the Study of Education. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.

“The Neoliberal Global Assault on Teachers, and One Canadian Reaction”, chair, AERA, Chicago.

“Transitioning into the Teaching Profession”, Chair and discussant, AERA, Chicago.

“Accreditation and its Impact on Teacher Education Curriculum”, speaker, Curriculum Summit on Assessment, Curriculum Standards, and Accreditation and their Impact on the Field of Curriculum Studies, Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

The John Dewey Society Memorial Lecture, chair, “What Business Ought to be Concerned about in American Education,” Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development annual meeting, Boston.

“CalState TEACH: Is this Distributed Learning Approach to Teacher Preparation/Certification Working?” panelist, the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Dallas.

2000

“Performance Assessment at the Organizational Level,” Mentoring for Academic Writing SIG, presenter; “An International Perspective on Policy,” symposium chair, presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

“CalState TEACH: The Origins and Emergence of a State University Distributed Learning Teacher Education Program” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Chicago.

1999

Invited Lecturer on U.S. Education, guest of the Ministry of Education, speaking at teachers colleges and ministry offices in Riyadh, Jidda, and Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

The John Dewey Society Memorial Lecture, Co-Presenter, “Schools We Need and Bridges to Them,” Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development annual meeting, San Francisco.

“Your Education Matters,” educational and social media outreach to British Columbia promoting attention to public school funding. Event promotion. Funder: North Growth foundation, $100,000+

2006-2017

Since 2006 over $3,500,000 has been raised in support of Friends of Simon, tutoring project serving immigrant and refugee youth in greater Vancouver, BC.

“Friends of Simon: Rogers,” an outreach initiative providing university students as academic tutors of ages 12-15 in newcomer communities. Funder: Rogers, $825,000.

“Friends of Simon,” an outreach initiative providing university students as settlement tutors of ages 8-12 in newcomer and indigenous communities. Funders: North Growth Foundation, United Way, and BC Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, $2,750,000. http://www.educ.sfu.ca/friends/

“The Humanities as the Foundation of Professional Education,” professional development for faculty and curriculum development, Q-7 Caucus, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, $13,000, project director. Minnesota State University, Moorhead.

1995-96

“Seminars on Current Research in Teacher Education,” professional development for faculty and administrators, Q-7 Caucus, MnSCU, $7,500, project director. Minnesota State University, Moorhead.

1988-91

“Increasing the Humanities Content of the Teacher Education Curriculum,” the first National Endowment for the Humanities project for the reform of teacher education to be directly funded to a college of education, $165,000, project director. Theme: minority and gender perspectives. Slippery Rock University.